Long Slade Poems

"Softly the Light Arrives"



Conduit opening
souls transfigure
sold on free will

emancipated 
in 
time

revolutionary 
the higher self is found
the connection aligns 

love 
unconditional
harmonized

ascension,
softly the light 
arrives

(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)







"Isn't It Lovely"/ Billie Eilish
https://youtu.be/xirk18P889U








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